About me
Where does anyone's story start but with their family. My mother had been an art student and so encouraged her kids to draw as soon
as they could hold a pencil.
We moved to Malta for a few years, with no TV, so drawing became our main indoor passtime. When I was five I won a prize for a horse
made out of matchsticks and spuds.
I was on my way.
Later, back in England, I did Art & Design Foundation at Scarborough Tech then studied art at teacher training college in Newcastle.
Here it seemed that to "get on" you need to become fluent in PHArt.
Not all education is good education.
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So... I went back to
Scarborough and
worked as a
photographer. In
slack periods I
resumed the
experimental work I
had started at
Scarborough Tech.
One of the ideas I
re-discovered was
that by projecting a
slide of straight lines
on a model you
could create an
amazing woodgrain
effect. Until this
point all the 3-D
work I'd done was in
clay or plaster.
These were easy
enough to shape,
but I'd never found a
finish that inspired
me. Then, when I
saw this series of
photos it just hit me.
Wood! Try wood.
I was soon hooked..
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In the 80's I moved to London to start a new career in the computer industry, but I kept on carving in my spare time.
I managed some quite nice work, but.... with each piece taking so long, I couldnt possibly put a sensible price on them.
Then a couple of years ago I discovered the wonderful world of chainsaws and power tools.
These speed up the early stages incredibly, and this really encourages experimentation - if an idea doesn't work out, what the heck, scrap it and start again. Very liberating.
Now that the speed of the process has been so improved, it has become viable to offer pieces for sale, and to take on
commissions. Please see the Contact page for details.
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